Eva Rohr

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1872
Height:
47.3 cm  (18 5/8 in.)
Width:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Depth:
16.5 cm  (6 1/2 in.)
Signed and dated (on left shoulder): Aug St Gaudens/ ROMA / 1872
Technique / Medium:
marble
Place of creation:
Roma

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American Paintings and Sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 1990.317]

Description

Bust portrait of Eva Rohr performing the role of Margueritte in Gounod's "Faust." Inscribed on the pedestal: I'm neither / Lady neither fair / And home I can / go without your care. (An English translation of Marguerite's first words in the opera Faust.)

People as subjects

Rohr, Eva (fl. ca. 1872) (Musician)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3236